Melian Savours

The island of Milos features a great variety of local products and homemade specialties that are worth tasting. Despite the fact that it is an island, its traditional dishes are mostly made by meat and dairy while its sweets are made from quality local ingredients. Get ready to tantalize your palates with some of the most authentic flavours and aromas.

While on the island make sure to try:

• Pitarakia: cheese pies with onions and spearmint.

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• Ntomatokeftedes: Deep fried tomato balls.

• Astakomakaronada: Lobster with linguini pasta, tomatoes, garlic and basil.

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• Lasagna with Garlic sauce: Homemade lasagne with garlic sauce.
• Ladenia: A traditional pizza-like pie made of dough, olive oil, tomato and onion.
• Kleftiko: Wild goat baked in wax paper with local cheese, peppers, onion and potatoes.

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• Karpouzopita: The local watermelon pie.

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While on the island make sure to buy:

• Sweet “Koufeta” preserves: A dessert especially offered at weddings made of sugarplum, honey, whole almonds and sweet pumpkin.
• Sun dried cherry tomatoes.

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• Local cheeses: Touloumotyri, Xserotyri, Ksinomyzithra.
• Flower and Thyme Honey.
• Capers.

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• Homemade barley bread and rusks.
• Local tomato paste.

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Embark on a culinary journey in Milos and let the island’s past, tradition and present pass through your gustatory palates as you savour some of the most delicious dishes in the Cyclades.